In an earlier post I commented on the politics of the cybersecurity debate.  I wrote: "One final piece of the political calculus is what the Administration wants.  Right now all public signs are that the...

Late yesterday, the House sponsors of the CISPA cybersecurity legislation (to be considered tomorrow) announced a series of amendments to the bill intended to address some of the concerns advanced by pri...

UCLA Professor John Villasenor and I have this oped coming out in tomorrow's Washington Post responding to calls for the Federal Aviation Administration to take action to protect privacy in the context i...

Over the past several weeks, I’ve written a number of blogs about the substance of the cybersecurity bills pending before Congress.  As the House moves to consider cyber legislation next week and as the ...

The House Homeland Security Committee has now released its own updated version of a cybersecurity bill.  The text is (Lungren Substitute April 2012).   This bill stands in pretty significant contrast to ...

The Rogers-Ruppersberger bill will come to the floor the week of April 23.  It's information sharing provisions are likely to be the crux of the debate on the House side.  Today, the Manager's filed a dr...

In earlier posts I’ve written generally about the information sharing provisions of the Lieberman-Collins cybersecurity bill and the McCain bill.  Today I want to continue drilling down in comparing the ...

As promised, Attorney General Holder delivered an address on law and national security today at Northwestern Law.  The speech covered an array of topics, including a defense of the legitimacy of military...

Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post reports that the White House thwarted NSA attempts to seek legislation that “would have required hundreds of companies that provide such critical services as electr...

Friday afternoon, the Obama Administration filed a cert. petition in Clapper v.

Well, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 is now available for Senate consideration.  A link to the text of the bill can be found here for download.  Hearings will be held this Thursday.  Weighing in at 205 pa...

One of the dangers of blogging about current events is that changing events tend to overtake what you have written.  Earlier this week, I wrote about the two House bills currently moving through that cha...